goupilapps / simple-web-app-using-fly

For this lab we will use https://fly.io/

1. Sign up for an account
2. It tells you to add a payment method - I will give you details
3. Open your email to verify your email for fly

install fly

First, check to see whether you have the "fly" CLI already installed.

If executing this:

flyctl

prints something like this (truncated here):

This is flyctl, the Fly.io command line interface.

Usage:
  flyctl [flags]
  flyctl [command]
...

then the "fly" CLI is already installed.

Otherwise:

brew install flyctl

login to fly

fly auth login

initial deployment to fly

fly launch

Answer the questions as below:

Would you like to copy its configuration to the new app? (y/N)
y

Do you want to tweak these settings before proceeding? (y/N)
n

deploy to fly

fly deploy

debug running app

fly logs

build docker image

docker build -t simple-web-app-using-fly .

run docker container based on that image

docker run -p 8123:8123 simple-web-app-using-fly

Then view http://localhost:8123/

cleanup

docker container prune -f

CI/CD

from: https://fly.io/docs/app-guides/continuous-deployment-with-github-actions/

fly tokens create deploy -x 999999h